Happy
Definitions
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HAP'PY , adjective [from hap ; Welsh hapus , properly lucky, fortunate, receiving good from something that falls or comes to one unexpectedly, or by an event that is not within control. See Hour .]
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Lucky; fortunate; successful.
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Chimists have been more happy in finding experiments, than the causes of them.
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So we say, a happy thought; a happy expedient.
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Being in the enjoyment of agreeable sensations from the possession of good; enjoying pleasure from the gratification of appetites or desires. The pleasurable sensations derived from the gratification of sensual appetites render a person temporarily happy ; but he only can be esteemed really and permanently happy , who enjoys peace of mind in the favor of God. To be in any degree happy , we must be free from pain both of body and of mind; to be very happy , we must be in the enjoyment of lively sensations of pleasure, either of body or mind.
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Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed. Genesis 30.
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He found himself happiest , in communicating happiness to others.
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Prosperous; having secure possession of good.
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Happy is that people whose God is Jehovah. Psalm 144.
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That supplies pleasure; that furnishes enjoyment; agreeable; applied to things ; as a happy condition.
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Dextrous; ready; able.
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One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a rejoinder.
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Blessed; enjoying the presence and favor of God, in a future life.
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Harmonious; living in concord; enjoying the pleasures of friendship; as a happy family.
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Propitious; favorable.
Source: American Dictionary of the English Language (1828 Edition), MDX derived from public Internet Archive item. Private-use review; confirm rights before public redistribution